Reviewing Andy Reid’s tenure with the Kansas City Chiefs: 2014
By David Thomas
It’s time to reflect on the past 5 years of Kansas City Chiefs football with Andy Reid, and the storylines that made or broke the seasons. Here’s 2014.
With not much else going on at the moment in this part of the offseason. It’s time to reflect on the past five years of Kansas City Chiefs football with Andy Reid, and the storylines that made or broke the season. I’ll be taking a look at each season in five separate articles for the next five weeks in order of worst to first.
However, I want to begin with a look towards the future. After five seasons of faithful service, quarterback Alex Smith was shipped off to Washington for a 3rd round pick and cornerback Kendall Fuller. In Smith and Reid’s five seasons in K.C., the Chiefs managed just 1 playoff win, 4 total trips to the playoffs, and just a 1-4 record including two home losses. Not incredibly impressive compared to Reid’s first 5 seasons in Philly, 4 trips to the playoffs with 3 trips to the NFC Championship game (5-4 overall).
Now onto his 6th season in KC, Reid will finally have his QB in Patrick Mahomes II. The 2016 10th overall selection spent all but week 17 sitting on the bench learning behind Smith. Many have speculated that Smith was holding the team back and preventing Reid from truly running the kind of offense he wanted to run. With Mahomes now the starter in K.C., Reid will have no excuses and the expectations will be high.
In Reid’s 6th season in Philadelphia the team went to their 4th consecutive NFC championship game and finally won. Eventually they ended up losing to the defending champion New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.
It’s a now or never moment for Reid in K.C.. What is he and his team truly capable of? Well, before we find out, let’s dive in and review his previous seasons in K.C.